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If anything I felt that Taken took the easy route in many scenes, going for cheap movie antics (like car chases and shootouts) instead of the dirty, gritty kind of backroom torture you'd expect to be the bread-and-butter of a former CIA agents daily routine.

Anyway this reminds me more of The Limey than Taken.

I'm not big on the revenge film, though The Horseman trailer seems to suggest that maybe there are some good performances and interesting screenplay decisions to make it stand out among the pack. Something eventually has to join Last House on the Left and Oldboy as "Revenge Films I Like Watching," right?

Please tell me the whole thing isn't shot in the jumpy, five-cuts-a-second style the trailer uses and that makes my head explode.

What was the name of the George C. Scott movie where he went after his daughter's porn producers?

*IMdBs*

Ah, "Hardcore."

You will never be able to beat Old Boy so why try? That, or Death Wish. Have you ever noticed that every few years several of the "revenge" films come out? What was it the last time? Kevin Bacon and then Jodie Foster?

This film looks frakin fantastic. It's been a good long while since a decent revenge flick came out.

I typically hate this genre and it's sister genre of "torture porn" but at least this film looks like it has genuine peril for the protagonist. The American films seem to usually portray seem much cleaner, safer and the avenger seems too confident in his actions. The star of this film seems much more frayed, endangered and desperate (at least from the trailer)

Despite all that, as the father of a young girl I could not possibly find sitting down and putting my mind in that frame to be in any way, shape or form enjoyable. I don't think I'd ever be able to break free from the nightmare world the on-screen father would be in.